This was in the early ’80’s and I was still at the Academy. There was some type of event at school which necessitated me dressing like Jake Blues, one of the Blues Brothers (black suit, tie, shoes, pork pie hat, white shirt, sunglasses). As you do. My friend Jim was of course dressed like Elwood.Continue reading “End of the line…”
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The BBC and Doctor Who “Special Editions”
Fool me once with a Special Edition, shame on me. Rereleasing stories for dodgy and incompetent reasons, shame on YOU. Back when the BBC was releasing all the various Doctor Who stories on DVD, they would sometimes RErelease a story with the justification that the material was “remastered” or perhaps better special effects had beenContinue reading “The BBC and Doctor Who “Special Editions””
The Family Trip to Hawaii
It had been 30 years since I was in Hawaii. I’d hoped it was still there…so I took the family… Where as it was just Lin and myself that went to Italy and Greece, this was a full family venture like DisneyWorld was. This seemed like a fairly laid back trip where everything pretty muchContinue reading “The Family Trip to Hawaii”
Deep Dive- Spider-man #121 – 122 (1973)
When Stan Lee left the day to day management of Marvel Comics in the early ’70’s to focus on integrating Marvel into TV and movies (to questionable success), it was indicative of several changes that I feel heralded the end of the Marvel Age of comics. Jack Kirby leaving in ’70 to go to DC,Continue reading “Deep Dive- Spider-man #121 – 122 (1973)”
Slid Right Off The Plate
‘Twas the morning, (a couple years ago), and all good men (me) thought of having a tuna salad and cheese on toast sammich (sandwich). Ah, but the application, the application, my boy! I had the container of tuna salad out, the paper plate, the knife, and the bread was being toasted. I went into theContinue reading “Slid Right Off The Plate”
Cremo!
Yes, you heard right. What is Cremo? Cremo is many things, many products, and unlike Kamiaru, Cremo actually exists and has a whole line of products I’d never even heard of a month ago. Linda bought some Cremo body wash that I spotted in the bathroom. This elegant bottle of golden syrup called to me,Continue reading “Cremo!”
Party with the Dead!
Just thinking out loud, feelin’ lockdown-ish. If you were going to have a party, but can only invite *famous* dead people from history, because social distancing wouldn’t be in effect for them, who would you invite? And each one would show up as you remember them from your favorite era. Groucho Marx is the firstContinue reading “Party with the Dead!”
Random Remembrance- the video recording years
During the ’80’s, I put on some goofy shows. Sadly, or maybe not so sadly, most of them no longer exist. I think it all began back in 1980 when I got my first car, a 1970, .302 V8 Mustang. Bucket seats. Sigh. Such a cool car, we built video adventures around it. Through aContinue reading “Random Remembrance- the video recording years”
Dear BBC, take my money…
I don’t think I’m going out on a limb here by saying the Beeb is now focused on animating all the missing episodes. If it is a limb, it feels very sturdy. The purse strings that used to be tied up in Gordian knots seem to have been sliced open and it’s raining animation moneyContinue reading “Dear BBC, take my money…”
Small Surprise
We really don’t do fast food *that* often but Matt and I were on our own for dinner the other night and had Wendy’s delivered. I ordered a Double cheese everything and that’s a sizable burger… but when he took it out of the bag, he looked at it. I looked at it. From theContinue reading “Small Surprise”
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